November is bound to be a busy Election Day given that it's
a presidential election year on behalf of the city of St Charles we would like to
call your attention to the fact that there will also be four local city
propositions on the ballot bond issue of our capital improvement project and the
fourth is
a local service improvement program. The city of St Charles will ask the city's
voters to authorize three bond issues totaling fifteen point seven million dollars
. They include proposition one eight point three million for
a new public works the still ready proposition to three point three million to
repair and run the race of city hall parking garage and proposition three four
point one million to build
a new fire station and public safety facility. To St Charles City Council voted to
place all three general obligation bond issues on the ballot in addition
proposition W.
Which represents
a proposed water my entrance program was introduced by the city council for
inclusion on the ballot. As you might imagine these three projects and the newly
proposed line insurance program are top priorities for the city here's
a brief description of the four propositions slated for the November ballot.
Proposition one point three million in general obligation bonds to construct
furnish and equip
a new public works of Philippi in two thousand and eleven the city purchased
a point five six acres on the all of road adjacent to the Coca-Cola distribution
center for the purpose of relocating the city's streets maintenance operations in
the existing metal building at three seventeen north drive the three seventy north
drive facility is located in the floodplain and was formally an airplane hangar
prior to the city converting the site to
a public works to Raj in the mid one nine hundred sixty. Since the sixty's the city
has tripled in population size and infrastructure far outstripping the ability of
this. And facility to meet the city's current and future needs. As many as fifty
employees work in the current Public Works building extra spaces needed for parts
and for those working on the fleet of equipment used to maintain five hundred fifty
miles of road in the city the new facility will include additional service base to
maintain over one hundred fifty mm and this will vehicles trucks get buses and
pieces of heavy construction equipment in addition there will be
a truck wash bay indoor storage for weather sensitive equipment tools and materials
outdoor bulk storage for street construction lighting and landscape materials plus
on site storage for trucks construction equipment snowplows sewer pipe and mantles
signs and traffic control barricades and a proposed salt dome with
a four thousand ton storage capacity. Proposition
to three point three million dollars and general obligation bonds to repair and
renovate the city hall public parking garage constructed in one nine hundred
seventy three and located adjacent to city hall the public parking garage last
underwent structural were fairs in one thousand nine hundred five city hall two
hundred North second Street and it's outside Plaza sit atop the garage which can be
accessed from either second Street for the Monroe Street entrance across from the
county courthouse. The proposed structural rehabilitation will address repairs to
post tension structural steel elements concrete slabs and columns falling and
asphalt and membrane surfaces in addition the entrance stairways Gant exit
stairwells will be rehabilitated there are four hundred twenty parking spots three
hundred ninety for public use about one hundred parking passes have been sold to
users of the garage and another one hundred to one hundred seventy five people per
day parked there the garage is used for
a number of reasons the city parks some of the vehicle fleet on the lowest level
one the City Fire Department leases several thousand square feet some people park
in the garage and walked on Main Street or to the St Charles County administration
building to
a one North second Street the grudges also used for county courthouse three hundred
North second Street these safety improvements will benefit all visitors to end
users of the St Charles government district and the main street historic district.
Proposition three four point one million dollars and general obligation bonds to
construct
a new fire station and public safety facility. This new facility located on Bhatia
town's road would offer enhanced public safety in and around the New Town area of
St Charles. Number four located at four hundred. Seventy
seven and is located on the eastern boundary of the city it is
a metal building and has come to the end of its useful life as
a fire station this new facility will provide storage space for specialized
equipment and vehicles administrative office space and
a service and supply area in order to better serve our residents this facility will
also include
a community meeting room and the operations center like many cities. Experience the
potential for natural disasters which can threaten our community the operations
center will allow ample space for supporting cities as they planned and trained for
these events overall the city has increased in population. And the station will
improve not only on the north side of the town can't sustain the public.
Proposition W.
Water line insurance program help could be on the way for residents when faced with
costly repairs to their water lines House bill number one for two approved by the
ninety six Missouri General Assembly and two thousand and eleven and the city to
offer the insurance program for city residents similar to the sanitary sewer
lateral insurance program approved by City voters in two thousand to the insurance
program could reimburse property owners eighty percent of approved water service
repair costs. The program is for single family house and other residential.
Property would have to obtain three bids to repair. Those to the public works
department once the work is completed the city would reimburse the resident for
eighty percent of the lowest bid the estimated average cost to repair
a water service line is one thousand five hundred dollars comparatively the annual
cost of the water line insurance program. And would be paid via your property taxes
comparable insurance program available through private vendors upwards of eighty
dollars. If the proposal wins approval by. The program
January first two thousand and fourteen. If you would like more information.
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